An agricultural entrepreneur of Dutch origin but living in Hungary for 22 years, Derks Wilhelmus Josephus, has been elected as the mayor of the Western Hungarian village of Egyházasrádóc.
Progress, cohesion and preservation of the village's property - this is how he summarized his main ideas to the local Vas County news site vaol.hu. The independent candidate has been a member of the village local government since last October.
The previous mayor, who was elected last fall, resigned on May 6, citing health reasons. The date of the interim election could only be set in June because of the restrictions that came into force due to the epidemic. Then the date of September 13 was set by the local election committee.
This Sunday, locals had the chance to choose from among five candidates. Derks Wilhelmus Josephus received 310 of the 737 votes cast in the village of 1,100 eligible voters.
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